Meaning of chesser | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A habitational surname.
2. A chess player.
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Examples

“Where are those principles of fair play that allow both sides a hearing? that give a move to each player in turn? and what neglect of a chesser's analytical powers to make up your mind and decision from the analysis of the moves only of the Attack, not regarding what the Defense can move in reply?”

“[…] a chesser of old, / Won a game in a shower of gold. / His move had the crowd floored, / And coins showered the board. / (They were paying off bets, I am told.)”

“Earlier this summer I played Nigel Short, the world number three, at what chessers call a charity ‘simul’, or simultaneous display.”

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